John Alden, the head of Sonoma County’s law enforcement oversight agency, is leaving his post today to become Marin County’s first Inspector General. The Press Democrat reports reflecting on his four-year tenure with the watchdog group IOLERO, Alden stated that relations with the Sheriff’s Office started in conflict and remain in deep conflict. He pointed to a lingering cultural resistance among rank-and-file deputies who refuse to cooperate wit…
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